Nothing's worse than trying to make your budget work when unexpected yet critical expenses pop up. It's deflating and can leave you stressed out and depressed trying to figure out where that extra cash is going to come from. You should exhaust all possible resources - family, church, friends - before you even consider taking out one of these high-cost loans. The nonprofit Michigan Community Action association is looking to bring a Texas-based loan program that links employers, nonprofits and lenders to Michigan.

This option is suitable for those who have bad credit, but have auto equity and can therefore provide collateral in order to secure the debt. It wasn't cheap but he needed the money, and he was able to pay the loan back quickly. Since there is not collateral offered, unsecured personal loans are granted based on the past credit performance of the borrower.

While the process may seem similar to withdrawing money with a debit card, what you're really doing is taking a cash advance on your credit card. Under current regulations, however, banks can't make money or cover costs on the high-risk loans. Baddour, the consumer advocate, said that Cash Biz's innovation� points to a persistent problem with the payday loan industry in Texas.

If internal collection fails, some payday lenders may outsource the debt collection, or sell the debt to a third party. He left the agency three years ago and now works privately on policy research, much of it sponsored by companies in the industry. The points don't expire as long as you have the card, and 6,000 points is enough for $50 cash back, while 11,000 points is enough for $100 cash back, which can help you pay down your card.

The expense of collecting that information, of underwriting the loan in the traditional way that a bank would, would be too high for the payday lender to offer the product. In many of those cases, the applicants arranged to pay the rest of their loans from their checking accounts, Porter said.